Healing traditions of southern India and the conservation of culture and biodiversity: A preliminary study

Ethnobotany Research and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages 471-480

  Pesek, Todd J ^a   Helton, Lonnie R ^a   Reminick, Ronald ^a   Kannan, D ^a,b   Nair, Murali ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMRITA UNIVERSITY   (India)

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EID: 72249105600     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15473465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17348/era.6.0.471-479     Document Type: Article

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